Deadline: 31-Oct-21
Applications are now open to support and promote quality educational, cultural, human services and health care programming, with a preference for the following 3 areas:
- Education and health of children
- Health and care of older adults
- Hospitals in Kansas City, Missouri
Bank of America, N.A. serves as trustee, co-trustee or agent to numerous private foundations. Many of these foundations are managed by the Missouri Private Bank, Philanthropic Solutions office. In Missouri, the donors of 16 of these foundations and charitable trusts have granted discretion to Bank of America Private Bank to design and execute charitable grantmaking programs to support nonprofit organizations serving vital community needs.
Focus Areas
- Arts, Culture, & Humanities:
- The Trusts support programming that:
- Fosters the enjoyment and appreciation of the visual and performing arts
- Strengthens humanities and arts-related education programs
- Provides affordable access
- Enhances artistic elements in communities
- Nurtures a new generation of artists.
- The Trusts support programming that:
- Education:
- They believe that quality education is fundamental to success and is essential to the continued wellbeing of their community. Consequently, they are interested in systemic school improvement, particularly in the areas of management and teacher quality; academic programs that address the needs of disadvantaged children; and efforts to better connect schools with their communities. Specifically, they fund programming that:
- Promotes effective teaching
- Improves the academic achievement of, or expands educational opportunities for, disadvantaged students
- Improves governance and management
- Strengthens nonprofit organizations, school leadership, and teaching
- Bolsters strategic initiatives of area colleges and universities.
- They believe that quality education is fundamental to success and is essential to the continued wellbeing of their community. Consequently, they are interested in systemic school improvement, particularly in the areas of management and teacher quality; academic programs that address the needs of disadvantaged children; and efforts to better connect schools with their communities. Specifically, they fund programming that:
- Health:
- They pay special attention to the needs of society’s most vulnerable people, including low-income children and their families, frail older adults, adults with disabilities, the homeless, and those with debilitating diseases and illnesses. They fund programming that:
- Improves the delivery of health care to the indigent, uninsured, and other vulnerable populations
- Addresses health and health care problems that intersect with social factors.
- They pay special attention to the needs of society’s most vulnerable people, including low-income children and their families, frail older adults, adults with disabilities, the homeless, and those with debilitating diseases and illnesses. They fund programming that:
- Human Services:
- They fund programming that:
- Strengthens agencies that deliver critical human services and maintains the community’s safety net
- Helps agencies respond to federal, state, and local public policy changes.
- They fund programming that:
- Community Improvement & Capacity Building:
- Recognizing the inherent value in the nonprofit sector, they support grantmaking that strengthens, raises the profile, and builds excellence in organizations that are critical to the vitality of the city and the region. They fund capacity building and infrastructure development projects including:
- Assessments, planning, and implementation of technology for management and programmatic functions within an organization
- Technical assistance on wide-ranging topics, including grant writing, strategic planning, financial management services, business development, board and volunteer management, and marketing
- Mergers, affiliations, or other restructuring efforts.
- Recognizing the inherent value in the nonprofit sector, they support grantmaking that strengthens, raises the profile, and builds excellence in organizations that are critical to the vitality of the city and the region. They fund capacity building and infrastructure development projects including:
Type of Support
- Each foundation has unique giving preferences for the type of support provided (program, operating, capital, etc.). They ask that you refer to their website to review the respective foundation detail pages for further details. Grants are 1 year in duration. However, if a project is expected to last longer than 1 year, the project’s budget may cover a period of up to 3 years, including the agency’s anticipated request of support in subsequent years.
- In general, they do not provide grants to individuals; endowments; travel for individuals or groups when travel is the proposal’s primary focus; municipal and community services, such as police and fire protection; annual fundraising or membership drives; government staff positions, except in public schools; publications or audiovisual programs unless they are part of a larger project.
- They only support capital requests, such as those for buildings, land, or major equipment, when they meet a compelling community need and offer a broad social benefit. When they do participate in a capital project, their support is contingent on funding from other sources. They generally do not authorize payment until the organization has raised a significant amount of its total dollar goal.
Eligibility Criteria
The Brace Charitable Trust generally supports organizations that serve the residents of Kansas City, Missouri.
For more information, visit https://www.bankofamerica.com/philanthropic/foundation/?fnId=127
